174 Pages
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Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
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Routledge
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Kathak, the classical dance of North India, combines virtuosic footwork and dazzling spins with subtle pantomime and soft gestures. As a global practice and one of India's cultural markers, kathak dance is often presented as heir to an ancient Hindu devotional tradition in which men called Kathakas danced and told stories in temples. The dance's repertoire and movement vocabulary, however, tell a... Read more
Contents: Preface; Kathak dance today; Colonialism and nationalism; The Kathaks; In search of an ancient Kathak; Voices from the18th and 19th centuries; Hereditary performing communities in North India; More hereditary performers: the women; Nationalism and revival: the dance of the Kathaks; Classicization and curriculum: Kathak dance; Conclusion: a history of Kathak; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Margaret E. Walker is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology at Queen's University, Kingston, where she is currently serving as Director of the School of Music. Her research focuses primarily on kathak dance and its historiography, but also includes work on gender, class, diaspora, and colonialism.
